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TT Club calls for common-sense approach to port security code

Industry fears knock-on effect on ships serving non compliant ports INTERPRETING the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code demands a common-sense approach that focuses on security procedures and not on subsequent contamination, according to the TT Club. The club said members had raised concerns over how the code would work in practice. Members were [...]

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Transnet invests in Durban container-handling capacity

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is buying six mobile harbour cranes to add to its fleet as part of a R438.3-million investment in container-handling capacity at its Durban RoRo and Maydon Wharf terminal. Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has agreed to handle the design, fabrication, delivery, erection, testing and commissioning of the cranes as part of its contract, TPT [...]

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